Any more, any “newer” vehicle generally will last a lifetime with proper maintenance. With all the emissions crap, they derate these trucks along with adding costly maintenance. The problem is, you cannot drive these diesels like the older ones. You have to get these newer ones good and hot and give them a workout every now and then.

Plenty of hot shot drivers have close to half a million miles on these Diesel engines with all the factory emissions equipment still installed. I personally know a guy that has 280k on his ‘13 Cummins and he really hasn’t had to do much other than general maintenance. My ‘13 runs like a cheetah on cocaine since it is missing a few emission parts and good tuning. It also bumped the MPG from 14-16 to 20-22 consistently. My advice, keep the 5.9 mega, save yourself a possible car payment and look at getting the wife something small she does like. I love my mega cab.